Coast of Malabar

 

Canción tradicional irlandesa escrita en 1897 por Frederick E. Weatherly y Stephen Adams. 

Malabar es una región de la costa suroeste de la India, conocida por el comercio de especias.

Esta versión pertenece al disco The Long Black Veil, posiblemente uno de los mejores de 1995.

Letra

Far away across the ocean

Underneath an Indian star

Dwells a dark eyed lonely maiden

On the coast of Malabar

In the harbor, where we anchored

I can see her shy and sweet

With a bunch of wine-red roses

And the wild waves at her feet

Oh fare thee well, my little dark eyed queen

Fare thee well, my Indian star

In my heart you'll live forever

On the coast of Malabar

"Come to me", I hear her calling

Across the ocean, wild and far

"Come to me again and love me

On the coast of Malabar"

And my thoughts keep ever turning

To that far-off distant shore

And the dark eyed girl who loved me

But I'll see her never more

Oh fare thee well, my little dark eyed queen

Fare thee well, my Indian star

In my heart you'll live forever

On the coast of Malabar